Joyce Lee Malcolm

Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason Uniiversity

Joyce Lee Malcolm is an historian focusing on individual rights and legal history. She is Patrick Henry Professor of Constitutional Law and the Second Amendment, emer. at Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University. In addition to numerous articles in law reviews and the popular press, she is the author of nine books, the latest, The Times that Try Men’s Souls, explores the lives of families divided at the American Revolution. To Keep and Bear Arms: The Origins of an Anglo-American Right, published by Harvard University Press, tracks the origins of the right to be armed and was cited in the landmark Supreme Court cases District of Columbia versus Heller and McDonald versus City of Chicago. A second book, Guns and Violence: The English Experience, examines the impact of firearms and policy on crime and violence in England. The Tragedy of Benedict Arnold was praised in The Washington Post as “a fine biography, the best in recent memory.” Peter’s War: A New England Slave Boy and the American Revolution, tells the story of Peter, sold as a toddler in Massachusetts, who fought for the patriot cause. Her essays have appeared in leading newspapers and she has been a guest on numerous radio and TV programs. Malcolm has been awarded research grants from, among others, Harvard Law School, the American Bar Association, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.